The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 July 27th- A few of my favorite things...

~That moment in time when wildlife are checking you out

~A deer who decides she's watched you long enough

~The sleek movements of a deer running off into the distance

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Feb 26th- A few of my favorite things...

~A late winter's landscape refreshed with a blanket of snow

~Deer enjoying their morning breakfast

~The sun spotlighting Winter's handiwork

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 14th- A few of my favorite things...
~Hiking at Rice Creek Field Station in Oswego taking in the beauty of our area
~Footprints from someone who does his best usually to "leave no trace"
~June "snow" that doesn't melt in your hands...or on your back

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Apr 7th- A few of my favorite things...
~A walk that gets us closer to Fair Haven...just not "there" yet for a few more hikes
~Enjoying the wildlife along the trail
~Discovering signs of those we did not see

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Mar 1st- A few of my favorite things...
~A bespoke snowbank
~Turrets that seem to be having conversations about their day
~The feeling that an invisible antlered deer might be nearby

The Habit of Thankfulness; A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 7th- A few of my favorite things...
~Spying bright orange jewelweed and...
~Bright purple loosestrife and ...
~Realizing you're the one being spied upon....

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Mar 23rd- A few of my favorite things...
~Wondering where the deer trail up the hill leads
~Squirrel tracks in fresh fallen snow...
~Followed by a kitty tracking down where that squirrel went

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 8th- A few of my favorite things...
~Observing a doe and two fawns enjoying a mid-day snack
~The few bright blue dogwood berries that bravely survived this odd growing season
~Lacy sand cherry leaves silhouetted against the twilight sky

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 13th- A few of my favorite things...
~Moose with rare checkerboard patterned antlers
~A polar bear who looks unsure of his porch-mates 
~A doe and fawn in a sweet light display

Winslow's Second Camping Adventure: Day 6

Since Gwyn can't go into the water and neither can Winslow, 

they both decided to head for the parking lot...

...not to leave but to dig in the parking lot for

archaeology.

Yesterday they unearthed a few fragments of bone.

Gwyn wanted to go back and find more....

...and she did....lots of deer bone fragment.

Not quite a wooly mammoth, but very cool indeed!

Then together they found  a leaf miner 

at work on his next leaf design.

But the best part was finding a huge cache of blueberries!

Olaf is having fun with Winslow doing what frozen things 

do in summer!

Winslow kept Olaf company in guarding the berries...

...blueberry pancakes need special protection

Olaf got to observe the different kinds of moss around him...

...tiny little intricate worlds...

perfect of relaxing on and watching the sky!

The sky is always fun to watch!

Then it was back to the beach to see the new castle 

Thea and Moriah

built just for him!

Then he got to watch Shaniah perfect the back float!

He even got to try a flip-flop speedboat courtesy of Thea.

Then after lunch it was back at Abanakee for some fishing...

Winslow doesn't know what's better...

....catching a fish...

(That is pretty cool!)

Or sitting back...

and watching the fun the girlies are having at angling!

One is safe from having to take a fish off the hook with 

just watching.

The Lake Abanakee is so beautiful with loons calling to one another...

...a cauldron of turkey vultures circling in the sky...

....and military helicopters flying over.

But what he does know is that there is no better way to end the day than with 

chocolate chip brownies!